[Mimedefang] File::Scan

[Nels Lindquist]

On 10 Apr 2002 at 11:18, Rich West wrote:

> Just curious, but how did you go about integrating it into your filter 
> for your tests?

Actually, I didn't. :-)

The "benchmarking" (and I use that term very loosely, 'cause it 
wasn't exactly controlled laboratory conditions) involved using the 
scan.pl scanner in the examples directory, which I ran on my 
/var/spool/MIMEDefang quarantine archive.  I did some raw comparisons 
against a couple of other command-line scanners.
 
> Also, after going through the docs a little, it looks like the virus 
> definition file can easily be updated, but the method of gathering the 
> data to add to that file is somewhat cumbersome..
> 
> I would think that the author would need to make it easier to download 
> the latest signatures.txt file separate from the distribution in order 
> to make it more workable..

Definitely!

Nels Lindquist <*>
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